Brighton park perfect for birdwatchers, family hikes

6:14 PM,
Jul. 23, 2013

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Written by

Sandra Parker

Like a secret passageway, the stone arch at the entrance to Corbett's Glen Nature Park in Brighton ushers visitors through the cool shade of a railway tunnel and into a garden of leafy trees, meadow wildflowers and birds calling from the wetland rushes.

Carved by glaciers and shaded by woodlands, this narrow 52-acre valley is a secluded spot for picnicking, birding, hiking and creek wading. Allen's Creek runs merrily through the tunnel, then tumbles over four-foot-high rock shelves and into shallow pools.

Corbett's Glen is one of the best known of the Genesee Land Trust's many preserved ...